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Meta's new Twitter rival app Threads gets tens of millions of sign-ups in its first day

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer
Jul 07, 2023 8:49 am - Tens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Meta's new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with Twitter - a sign that users are looking for an alternative to th...
What is Threads? All your questions about Meta's new Twitter rival, answered

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer
Jul 08, 2023 7:41 am - NEW YORK - Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. The app, billed as the text version of Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram, became avai...
Meta looks to target Twitter with a rival app called Threads

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer
Jul 07, 2023 6:17 am - LONDON - Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter - a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. A listing for the app, ca...
Elon Musk imposes daily limits on reading posts on Twitter

Jul 05, 2023 8:50 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter owner Elon Musk has limited the amount of tweets that most users can view each day - restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthori...
Meta launches more parental supervision tools for Instagram. Is it enough?

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer
Jun 28, 2023 7:42 am - Instagram and Facebook's parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms as social media companies face increasin...
Is Twitter ready for Europe's new Big Tech rules? EU official says it has work to do

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer
Jun 23, 2023 3:20 pm - Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union's tough new digital rule book, a top EU official said after overseeing a "stress test" of the compa...
TikTok and other social media trends are thrusting performance crimes into the U.S. spotlight

By CLAUDIA LAUER and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press
May 23, 2023 6:55 am - NEW YORK - Jonnifer Neal's Kia was stolen twice in one day - first from in front of her Chicago home and later from outside the mechanic shop where she took it to get fi...
Supreme Court avoids ruling on law shielding internet companies from being sued for what users post

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
May 22, 2023 12:29 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google, Twitter and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. But the justices s...
CBC 'pausing' Twitter after 'government-funded media' label

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press
Apr 20, 2023 6:18 am - TORONTO - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC's account with a label...
China says TikTok ban reflects US insecurities

Mar 01, 2023 5:57 am - BEIJING - U.S. government bans on Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reveal Washington's own insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese Foreign Ministry...

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